General Meeting
Minutes • September 16, 2017
In
Attendance: Linda Burpee, Christy Schroeder, Barbara
Carter, Serafina Strickland, Jan Mullen, Candace Johnson
Meeting
schedule update:
October:
Workshop, “Luscious Layered Lettering” with Kristen Doty (room is still available), October 14
&15, 2017. The workshop will replace
our monthly general meeting.
The workshop scholarship
was promoted and members were encouraged to apply
February: Suzie has secured a guest for our
meeting—Patricia Hiss, who will be doing a presentation on mini books.
No
Treasurer’s report,
as Nicole was absent.
Other
news:
Serafina will be
attending an annual retreat in Goldbar, sponsored by Write On Calligraphers
(WOC), Sept 22-24. A few registration
positions were still open at the time of the meeting.
2018
Seattletters Conference update:
Linda and Bruce recently
attended a meeting about the conference.
Chuck Beringer (Suzie’s
husband) and Bruce Burpee (Linda’s husband) have taken on the task of
transportation for the conference.
16 inquiry/invitation
letters are being sent by Robin Gebhardt to potential 2-day vendors.
The Olympia guild has
offered to contribute to our Bags.
Linda Marshall, of our
guild, will donate something from her business, Washi Papers.
Suzie is making the
cloth cord keepers, and Stampadoodle donated the rubber stamp of the conference
logo to be stamped on the cord keepers.
Katherine Malmsten and
Sue Gruhn are making pen wipes from flannel material found at Goodwill—in
keeping with the recycle and reuse idea of the conference.
We are still wanting a
good quality water bottle for the bags and will look into a donor / sponsor for
this.
Nicole has offered
storage room at her home for items being donated as they begin arriving.
We WILL NOT be using
Trader Joe’s bags, but instead will research other options.
Serafina enthusiastically
offered her help with any projects associated with the Bags.
Hand held paper fans are
another possible item for the Bags.
Serafina has seen fans made of watercolor paper that can be
decorated—she will check into this.
Lists of tasks to be
delegated will be made available later.
Volunteers will be
needed for conference prep duties, and WOC is hoping that local
Bellingham / Whatcom
County people will step up to this.
Duties will include (but not limited to): meeting instructors at
airports and transport to WWU, golf cart drivers around campus, answering
questions during the conference, etc.
$$$ has been
earmarked in the conference budget for 5 scholarships and evening
presentations.
Meeting
Program:
Watercolor marker
backgrounds (Christy)
Decorative napkin paper
(Linda)
Simple origami fold
envelope (Serafina)
Respectfully submitted
by:
Christy Schroeder,
substituting for RW Secretary, Karen Clark
